Romans 1:8

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:8-12

Paul Explains To The Roman Christians His Desire To See Them And The Reason For It (1:8-12). Paul stresses to the Roman Christians that he thanks God for the effectiveness of their testimony and unceasingly prays for them, desiring to meet up with them so that he can share with them in discussions about their mutual faith, their faith and his. He is conscious that he has been given a unique understanding of the Gospel, but he is humble enough to recognise that he can learn from them too. read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:8-16

Romans 1:8-Nehemiah : . Paul’ s Intention to Visit Rome. Romans 1:8-2 Samuel : . “ Of the faith of the Romans the whole world hears” : the Apostle “ thanks God” for this, and “ names them constantly in his prayers.” He invokes God as “ witness,” for this is much to say about strangers; his “ service in the gospel” makes him deeply interested in the Church of Rome. He has “ begged” of God “ that he might have the good fortune to visit” them; “ at last” the “ hindrances” are disappearing (... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 1:8

First, here, is not a word of order, for there follows no secondly, &c.; but it serves to show, that here the Epistle begins, for all before was but a preface or inscription: q.d. In the first place. See the like, 1 Timothy 2:1. Throughout the whole world, that is, through many parts of it; it is a figurative speech: see the like, John 12:19. Or else, by the whole world may be understood the Roman empire, which ruled at that time over a great part of the known world. See the like, Luke 2:1.... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Romans 1:8-14

CRITICAL NOTESRomans 1:8. Your faith is spoken of, etc.—Rome frequented by strangers, and so the faith of the Church easily made known. κόσμω, the beautiful order of the visible world.Romans 1:10. Making request, if by any means, etc.—Grotius happily renders: “Si forte Dei voluntas felicitatem mihi indulgeat ad nos remindi.” Making request is δεόμενος—a special word for prayer, and implies a sense of need. Lightfoot says “precatio” points to the frame of mind and “rogatio” to the act of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Romans 1:8

DISCOURSE: 1819A MINISTER’S JOY OVER HIS PEOPLERomans 1:8. I thank my God, through Jesus Christ, for you all.AS a title of honour, a minister may assume the character of an ambassador from God. But the paternal relation is that which exhibits him before us in the most endearing view. Under the character of a father, St. Paul frequently addressed his converts [Note: 1 Thessalonians 2:11.]. Sometimes he even compared himself with a mother “travailing in birth with them [Note: Galatians 4:19.];”... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Romans 1:8

world kosmos = mankind. (See Scofield " :-") . read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Romans 1:1-32

This time let us turn in our Bibles to Romans, chapter 1. Paul opens his epistle to the Romans declaring:Paul, a bond slave of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God ( Romans 1:1 ).Twenty-five years before Paul wrote this epistle to the Romans he was on the road to Damascus to imprison the Christians there. When suddenly about noon there came a light brighter than the mid-day sun and there the Lord said, "Saul, Saul why persecute thou me?" And he answered and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Romans 1:1-32

Romans 1:1 . Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, in the sense he himself illustrates to the Corinthians. Ye are not your own; ye are bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Called to be an apostle, and endowed with heavenly gifts in a special manner, when the Lord himself appeared to him, as stated on Acts 9:15; Acts 22:14. This call, being purely divine, made him a debtor to all men, and gave him a title to address... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 1:8-16

Romans 1:8-16First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all.True Christian zealI. As it respects God is--1. Thankful.2. Sincere.3. Constant.4. Prayerful.5. Dependent (Romans 1:8-10).II. As it respects man is--1. Earnest.2. Communicative.3. Loving.4. Unquenched by difficulties.5. Expansive.6. Humble, not a merit but a debt.7. Self-sacrificing. (J. Lyth, D. D.)Paul’s desire to see RomeI. The facts of the passage.1. “I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 1:8

8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. Ver. 8. Your faith is spoken of ] See Romans 16:26 , and Juvenal, Tacitus, and other profane writers, who bitterly exagitate the doctrines and practices of those Roman Christians. Now that must needs be good that such men speak evil of: and as Jerome writeth to Austin, Quod signum maioris gloriae est, Omnes haeretici me detestantur: the heretics hate me; and that is no small... read more

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